How to Recover Data from Lost/Stolen iPad (Guide)

Imagine you have lost your iPad while travelling or someone has stolen it from your place. You have tried every means to get it back but there is little hope. In such a situation the most concerning thing is recovering data from your lost iPad. Stolen iPad might lead to identity theft as well, by exposing your extremely personal data to miscreants. Moreover, you might lose plenty of pictures, videos and lovely memories along the way. Worry not! In this article we have featured how to recover data from lost iPad along with some useful tips to locate your lost iPad.

How to recover data from lost/stolen iPad?

If you are worried about recovering data from your lost iPad, iSkysoft iPad Data Recovery is the most convenient and efficient tool for you. It helps you preview and extract data from iTunes or iCloud backup if you can't access to your lost iPad. It helps you get back photos, contacts, messages, call logs, videos, notes, calendars, app data and even recover WhatsApp messages.

#1. Recover Data on Lost/Stolen iPad from iTunes Backup

Note: This only works when you have iTunes backup before your iPad got lost.

Step 1. Install and launch iSkysoft Toolbox for iOS on your PC. Select the ‘Data Recovery’ tab from the iSkysoft Toolbox window and then hit the ‘Recover from iTunes Backup file’ option subsequently.

Step 2: After being navigated to the next page, a list of all iTunes backup files will be displayed on screen. Select the most recent iTunes backup file and subsequently tap the ‘Start Scan’ button to extract the iTunes backup file.

Step 3: Soon after the backup file is extracted, the left panel of the software window shows you the list of data types from the iTunes backup file. Tap on the checkboxes against all desired file types and then click ‘Export to computer’. This action will transfer the data to your computer, which you can later restore to a new iOS device after connecting the device through a lightning cable.

#2. Recover Data on Lost/Stolen iPad from iCloud Backup

After learning the process to recover data from a lost iPad, let’s see how to recover data from lost iPad using iCloud backup. Also, you need to backed up your data to iCloud before this.

Step 1. First step from the earlier guide remains the same, you just need to choose ‘Recover from iCloud Backup file’ after tapping the ‘Data Recovery’ tab, on the left panel of iSkysoft Toolbox – iOS Data Recovery window instead of ‘Recover from iCloud backup file’. Now you will be prompted to login to your iCloud account, so that your lost iPad’s data can be restored.

Step 2. Once you have logged in to it there will be a list of backup files displayed on screen. Select the freshest of them and then click on the ‘Download’ button found next to the selected backup file.

A popup window appears right after you hit the ‘Download’ button. Choose the ‘Select All’ checkbox here followed by tapping the ‘Next’ button. Instead of the ‘Select All’ option, you can also selectively pic any desired data from the list and then hit ‘Next’ to proceed.

Step 3. As you finish the above mentioned exercises, the lost iPad’s data is scanned from the iCloud backup file. Here, choose the desired data you want to recover and then click the 'Restore to Device' or ‘Export to Computer/Mac’ button. Now you get your wanted data from iCloud backup back flexibly!